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Chapter 167 The nameless highland has a name (20)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 3305Words 2018-03-20
The phone number of the battalion command post: How about number 25? The phone number of the regiment command post: how about number 25? The news came: Instructor Yao was seriously injured! The news came: Captain Li died! The news came: the big bunker group couldn't get through! No one can stop Battalion Commander He, he must go out and see for himself!If No. 25 is not defeated, the battle cannot end!He must complete the task, otherwise he will not be called a hero! Xiao Tan and the correspondent tried every means to stop him, but it was useless. "Get out of the way! This is a war!" The battalion commander no longer showed any gentleness.His face turned red and white suddenly, his eyes were wide open, and his stature suddenly rose a lot.The correspondent must follow, but the battalion commander does not allow it. "You keep an eye on the back mountain here, don't move! If there is any movement, come to me!"

The battalion commander broke out alone. Once outside, the battalion commander couldn't help feeling light.His eyes scanned in all directions, and his steps were light and precise.He resumed his old fighting life, breathing the bitter smell of the battlefield again. This bit of pleasure passed away in a short while.He pulled out a pistol.This battlefield is different, he has never seen it before.The sound of the cannons became one piece, and the enemy and the enemy were in artillery battle.The bunkers here and there, after fighting for a long time, are still spraying fiery steel bullets.Flares, ten or twenty, hung high in the sky.Below, the mountain is full of smog, dust and sand, and it is impossible to distinguish east, west, north, south.All kinds of signals, ours and the enemy's, are played continuously.The sound of cannons, guns, explosions, whistles, and human voices rang out everywhere, and the ground underfoot trembled.The forces of aggression and anti-aggression hit this bald mountain like thunderbolts.Battalion Commander He couldn't help admitting that this was the most vicious battlefield he had ever experienced in his life, and only our soldiers dared to attack by force.

Look again, the ground is almost full of enemy corpses, he has to jump tightly so as not to be tripped.Helmets without heads, isolated booted legs, squashed canteens, and half-broken carbines are all over the place. Looking around, the large bunker group between the main peak and No. 25 looks like a small volcano, here is a fire, there is smoke, and some places are shooting out crazily.Battalion Commander He nodded, "It's no wonder that the attack is not fast, it's really difficult!" He said in his heart. He first met Company Commander Meng of the first company, a fiery Shandong native, who brought a squad that was transferred to help in the battle.

"Company Commander Meng!" The battalion commander didn't expect him to be here. "You should take care of your entire company and teach the deputy company commander to come here!" "Battalion Commander! I'm worried, I have to come! Battalion Commander, you go back!" Everyone's faces are all black, only the battalion commander's face has no dust, so it is easy to recognize.There were two or three wounded nearby, and they rushed over and hugged the battalion commander's leg. "Battalion Commander! Let's go back! We are wounded, so we must not go down, and we still go to fight, and we must win No. 25!"

They loved the battalion commander so much, and the battalion commander was moved. "Don't go up again! I'll arrange it and I will definitely go back!" "Battalion Commander, let's go back! More than half of the 70 or 80 bunkers here have been settled, and Deputy Company Commander Liao has already gone up, and it will be on the 25th soon! Battalion Commander, don't worry!" The battalion commander looked around, and indeed, the bunker below No. 25 was on fire, and Deputy Company Commander Liao had really reached the bottom of the mountain.The battalion commander was relieved. "Company Commander Meng, listen! Don't attack the front, use a small number of people to attract the enemy, attack from the side, and quickly eliminate the bunker group! Then, hurry down and support Liao Chaowen!"

"I will definitely carry out the order! Battalion Commander, don't worry!" The battalion commander also wanted to visit Deputy Company Commander Liao, but he was worried about the back hillside, so he comforted the wounded and walked back. Back at the command post, good news came: the second company reported that the enemy company headquarters had been captured by Xiao Han, and three enemy officers were killed, and the telephone switchboard on the mountain was seized! "Correspondent! Keep an eye on the back of the mountain. Since the enemy's company headquarters has been defeated, the American soldiers may attack from behind the mountain." After speaking, the battalion commander moved the enemy's carbines and grenades to his side.

"What are you doing? Battalion Commander!" Xiao Tan asked hoarsely. "No one is guarding here, the enemy is attacking, we have to fight it ourselves!" "That's okay! The enemy can't attack, we have artillery!" "Be careful and avoid losses! I have been like this since I was a child! Well, report the situation on the 25th to the battalion command post!" As soon as the report was finished, the correspondent shouted: "Enemy tanks, run south on the road!" This was the most intense time of fighting on the 25th, and the enemy tanks thought they were coming to shoot at the 25th!

"I want a gun, hit the 'wolf line'!" The battalion commander shouted. Not only tanks came, but also enemy soldiers, at least one row. When our artillery arrived, several walls of fire hit the tank and the enemy.The enemy did not attack.Battalion Commander He realized that coordinated infantry and artillery operations are one of the keys to victory this time.Without the pre-war bombardment, the enemy's bunkers and barbed wire fences would have remained intact without any damage, and this would have made it more difficult for the infantry to attack, or it would have been impossible to attack!If there is no artillery battle, the enemy's artillery fire will definitely do whatever it wants, and the infantry and transport troops will inevitably suffer great losses.Without artillery support, as just now, the infantry would be surrounded by the enemy and could not quickly occupy the whole mountain.With this realization, he had a deeper understanding of the characteristics and advantages of the new tactics.He has gained experience.

Deputy Company Commander Liao, like Company Commander Li, really followed suit after learning the new tactics.From the moment he entered the barbed wire fence, he always fought and walked, not greedy for merit, not fond of fighting.It's just that some bunkers are extremely difficult to attack, and they cannot be passed unless they are well built.The enemy's fortification design is vicious.This can delay our time and lose manpower. At the assembly point, the deputy company commander reorganized the team, reorganized his own and the second and third platoons, and then began to attack the big bunker group.This is a tough fight.After laying down forty bunkers, Deputy Company Commander Liao found a way and copied it from the right.This is the way to find out among thousands of flying bullets!This is also bound to be a bloody road!

After passing the big bunker group, Liao Chaowen counted, there were only nine people, including himself. However, he has a bottom line in his heart: After this pre-war preparation and study, everyone knows where to go after fighting one place.He doesn't have to wait for the people behind, they will run to the goal themselves. go ahead.It was almost the 25th, and there was another big bunker, bigger than a room, with 50 machine guns and heavy machine guns inside. The hero Wu Dahai solved it with two grenades. After opening the bunker, the deputy company commander ordered: "Everyone go to the side of the bunker to hide and wipe their guns. Jin Biao, block the enemy with machine guns."

Machine gunner Jin Biao, Jin Biao, who signed his name on the red flag with a bowl-sized name, was only nineteen years old, not tall, but bolder than the sky, and moved forward alone. Wu Sandi appeared suddenly as if he had fallen from the sky. "Deputy company commander, I'll go with him, I will cover!" Big eyes saw the deputy company commander nod clearly, and hurried to catch up with Jin Biao. The leader of the second platoon, Qiu Zhongyong, arrived with a few soldiers.The deputy company commander was secretly proud of himself, and he knew things like a god.With preparations like before the war, no one will get lost as soon as they disperse. These dozen people, except for the deputy company commander and the two soldiers, have all been wounded at least once.However, the 25th is already in front of us, and no one is willing to retreat.Platoon Commander Qiu was injured on his head, but he still said a joke quietly: "Deputy company commander, your legs are indeed fast, no injuries at all!" The deputy company commander usually boasted that his legs were fast.The deputy company commander smiled. "Fast legs? I didn't run back! From the breach to here, I haven't fallen down once! I'm fast, I'm flexible, and the bullets are like dogs, designed to bite the eyelids to death!" Everyone laughed and cheered up.Everyone felt unanimously: after rushing through so many bunkers, now it is time to fight a battle.The bunker is hateful, there is no way to know what bad tires are inside.Well now, when the living enemy comes down from the mountain, we'll beat him to death, what a joy! Gun wiped, attack. Several soldiers from the company arrived and temporarily rested behind the bunker. One squad and two squads of the enemy rushed down. We waited for them to approach and opened fire, and we were all knocked down. The more they fought, the happier they were, and they wanted to attack the mountain immediately.The deputy company commander did not allow it. "If we destroy more enemies here, wouldn't it be easier for us to attack?" The enemy came down in a row, splitting from inside and outside the trench to rush.Our two machine guns split to meet.The enemy refused to fight to the death, turned his head and ran back.The deputy company commander decided: "Chase! Chase! Go up the mountain with the enemy!" The enemy ran, we chased, our toes kicked the enemy's heels.The enemies on the mountain did not dare to fire, for fear of hitting their own people.We attacked No. 25 "without incident"! We signal victory! On the hill, the enemy continued to counterattack.Our soldiers become more and more courageous as they fight.Jin Biao injured his legs, climbed up and beat him with a machine gun.The platoon leader Qiu was bleeding all over his face and did not retreat.Wu Dahai was injured in three places and did not retreat. At 22:30, the signal to end the fighting was sounded. The deputy company commander and Jin Biao covered up, and everyone moved. The second battalion and the fourth company that took over the defense arrived. The deputy company commander led the team out from the breakthrough point during the original attack.Here, the deputy company commander's hand was cut by wire. "Damn it! It's over, and the blood is flowing back!" He hung up.As soon as he jumped, he jumped down the mountain like a little leopard. Battalion Commander He went to the main peak and met with Li Battalion Commander Li of the Second Battalion.There are two more red flags on the main peak - the side of the first battalion and the first company, and the side of the second battalion and the fourth company. While repairing the fortifications, an old bunker and two old dark firepower points were discovered.Battalion Commander He made an opinion: use the bunker as the command post, and use dark firepower to garrison troops.There are two groups of people here, and the main peak will be safe.Then, he told Battalion Commander Li some opinions on how to defend the main peak and No. 27. "Beware of the dawn!" he said earnestly. "Be prepared for dawn! All fortifications must be repaired before dawn! I wish you success!" After shaking hands with the Second Battalion Commander, He Battalion Commander carried a light machine gun and led Xiao Tan and the correspondent down the mountain. "Battalion Commander!" Xiao Tan was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, but he still struggled to speak. "Give me the gun!" The battalion commander smiled. "I didn't touch and shoot a shot all night, so I'm not allowed to carry some winning prizes?" Really, how uncomfortable it is for a hero who has fought many tough battles and always leads the charge, to be in the middle of one hundred and ninety-five bunkers without feeling a single shot! However, he learned how to charge, shoot, and destroy one hundred and ninety-five bunkers by himself!He fulfilled his promise to the chiefs - only to command, not to fight.He carried out the order: strictly abide by the time, make multiple breakthroughs, shorten the depth, spread out in an all-round way, and go their separate ways.And, within two and a half hours, the battle was over and the enemy was annihilated! He is no longer the He Zhongyun he was when he was squad leader, platoon leader and company commander.He suppressed the grief and indignation of avenging the sacrificed comrades, and did not kill one or several enemies with his own hands.He wants to fulfill his duty as a commander, wipe out all the enemies on the mountain, and destroy all the bunkers on the mountain!He must live up to the expectations of the party and his superiors, and become a wise and courageous commander!
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